What are you feelings about subbing weighted rope climbs for pull-ups? For instance, instead of 3 sets at max reps we could do three L-straddle climbs @ max weight? While this might not apply for this "rest week", what about other days?

Greg Everett

2007-12-18

I think that's fine some of the time - but rope climbing won't open the shoulder well--especially L climbs--so that eliminates the shoulder-health component, one of the big reasons I program pull-ups in so regularly.